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Summary: Best Movie ever
Review: These movies have it all, action, adventure, love, and one hec of a PLOT! It is a wonderland for the imagination. It is a classic tale with a space adventure twist. It truly is a movie that every one can enjoy no matter if you are young or old,or a man or a woman. Anyone who loves movies will love this!
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Summary: TIMELESS CLASSICS, well they were, until CGI.......
Review: ......kidnapped George Lucas and brain washed him and than made him turn these timeless classics into any other CGI film!Great quality, still fun to watch, but I just don't get the joy I used to get from watching the origanals.
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Summary: Special Edition Isn't So Good
Review: "A Famous Filmmaker Once Said 'Film's Are never Completed; They're Only Abandoned.' And Rather Than Living With My Abandoned Movie I Really Wanted To Go Back And Complete It." George Lucas Strong words indeed, but everyone around the world from 1977 to 1996 seemed to feel "Star Wars," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" were pretty complete movies that were able to please the whole family. Everyone, that is, except George Lucas. Lucas says he was never satisfied with how the movies turned out and since finishing the original trilogy had visions of an ultimate version. Little would he know that much of the world would absoloutly dispise his ultimate versions of the movies. Lucas said these are the way he's always visioned the movies, and yet, these versions ...... Hope this review helped.
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Summary: An Ok Collection.
Review: i don't think any other motion picture has ever been re-released as much as Star Wars and it's two sequels, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. These films have been released so many times only the biggest die-hard fans buy all of them. This newest release is acceptable but dissipointing. George lucas is waiting until he's finsished with episode 3 to release the original trilogy on DVD, and all the fans are waiting anxiously. The problem with this newest collection is that all the films are presented in their redone special editions from 1997. For the anniversary, lucas went through each and every film and added pointless extra scenes and stupid new special effects which do nothing but degrade the film and make it lose it's historical value. None of the additions hurt the film extremely, but none of them were necessary in the slightest. An added scene with Jabba the Hut is marred because of awful CGI effects and dialouge repeated from a scene we just saw five minutes ago, not to mention Jabba is being a pretty nice guy in this scene (Han steps on his tail, for goodness sake). Another extra scene where Luke meets his friend Biggs before the fight at the death comes off as pointless because we have no idea who the guy is unless we've read the script or the old books. The so-called "improved" special effects downgrade the movie and stick out like a sore thumb. There you are, looking at a solid model alien and suddenly a new CGI monster comes walking across the screen. There are some senseless dialouge changes, as well. The excellent sequel remains the least fiddled with film of the trilogy, but still featues unneeded additions and pointless dialougue changes (including a james Earl Jones impersonator doing a new line after a fight with Luke Skywalker). If this is the defenitive version of the film that lucas always wanted, why does it feature an outtake from Return of the Jedi? Return of the Jedi, the weakest of the trilogy also features ridiculous new things, including an awful new ending that nobody wanted, complete with a new, sentimentaly score. The presentation of the films is OK, but nothing compared to DVD. The best version to go for now is the widescreen version of this (the films look terrible in fullscreen). however, if you should happen to track down the old widescreen original trilogy box set, buy that, because THAT is the defenitive version. PS George Lucas has stated that the Special Edition is his ultimate version of the movie and when the films are finally released on DVD, they will include the Special Editions ONLY. I can only hope it's not true and he changes his mind. I may be twelve, but I can still recognize the importance of the Star Wars trilogy and Lucas is playing with it like a toy. Thanks for reading!
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Summary: Special in which way?
Review: I am sad to say that the special editions were not what i expected them to be. While for the most part I welcoemd the additions and clarifying of special effects, there are a number of scene additions that ruined trhe movies for me. Of these scenes none stick out more than the Jabba/Han Solo scene in the first movie. To call this scene lacking is a serious understatment. The part where han "steps" on Jabba's tail looks oike it was put together on a home computer by a kid in junior high. Along with the poor quality of this scene comes the explenation that Jabba has a disease to account for the color change. Two other scene of negative maret are the musical scene in Return of the Jedi, and the complete changing of the final scene. The first is a computer graphics song and dance routine straight from hades. Out of nowhere comes this long, annoying, and uneeded musical scene. And as for the replacement of the Ewok celebration, as I set waiting for th beloved song that i had grown accoustum to hearing at the end of my favorite sceries of movies i was suprise to hear a newly composed song with new backgrounds and scenery. Call my old fashioned and a traditionalist, but i loved the sense of nostalgia for the origanal ending. All and all this triology offers a few great improvements, and a whole lot of terrible change. My advise skip this triology and buy the THX version that was released a few years before this one.
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Summary: Extra's ruin a classic
Review: Only twice have i ever been so disappointed with the movie world. Once was the collective disappoint that i have over George's prequel which is a whole nother review. And twice when i saw the "Special Editions". I would agree that the cleaning up of old scenes and additions of background animartion to the films was a magnificiant idea, but i physically shudder when i think about the additions of the so called cut scenes. Personally i have never seen anything as [bad] as the Jabba Han Solo scene in "A New Hope". Add that to the horrifying musical scene, and replacement of the original ending in Return of the Jedi and you have killed the star wars experience for this life long star wars fan. In the end this viewer finds the upgrade a detestable mess, and wishes that he would have never seen the "Special Editions". Do yourself a favor and by the THX upgrades that came out a few years before this [stuff]came out.
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Summary: These are the prized movies
Review: These three movies are so much better than the new three. They should make these on DVD.
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Summary: hmmm
Review: It would be amazing if the released the original 3 on dvd....without any changes. I don't want guns to be flash lights, Han to shoot second, and obvious cgis that don't go with the puppets and models that make up the movie. There is nothing more distracting then a beatifuly done scene with a giant video game looking character walking through. All you atention is drawn away from the characters to look at some crazy creature that was inserted 30 years after the fact. And how about the scene where Jabba walks around Han. Possibly one of the worst additons ever. I agree it is cool to see what they added, but it is all out of place. And though it was minor, Han shooting the alien after being shot at in the bar took away from his loosome character. He is supposed to be scum, who learns to help others. I would be all for dvds where you can select what version you want on the front menu. Something like "original verson" and "butchered version", but if we can't have a choice then just give us the original.
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Summary: Love the movies, but not the original
Review: I'm totally a Star Wars geek, so I have to say that I was sadly disappointed when I popped it in the VCR and discovered it was the special edition. On the bright side, its still star wars. The enhanced picture quality is fantastic and is enough to tide me over until they all come out on DVD.
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Summary: The best release (so far) of these immortal movies
Review: Well, most of the world is still waiting for this classic trilogy to be released on DVD, and will likely be waiting for a few more years. Until then, we have to content ourselves with this VHS Special Edition release. The DVD release will mark my 4th purchase of the trilogy, and I have to admit that I don't regret buying these movies 3 times already one bit. They are just that good. This epic tale of the saga between good and evil is every bit as entertaining as it was 25 years ago, though the new added scenes (for the most part) have not improved the films much. Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and especially Yoda and Darth Vader have become household names thanks to this great trilogy. As far as epic scope and storytelling grandeur, there are few movies that can rival the Star Wars trilogy. George Lucas forever revolutionized the film industry with his release of Star Wars: a New Hope (in 1977). Every so often, a film is released that forever changes the world of cinema, and Star Wars was such a film. This movie, along with its sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi (all 3 included in this release), was very deservant of all the credit it received. Say what you will about the new films--there are very few people who don't have a special place in their hearts for the original Star Wars trilogy.
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